Granted Patent B2

US 12,277,248 · App. 17/945,543 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Inventors: Kazuya Saginawa (Tokyo, JP); Tõnu Samuel (Räpina, EE); Jorge Quinteros (Santiago, CL); Saksham Kukreja (Dubai, AE); Yuet Fong (Hong Kong, HK)

Assignee: DataGateway Inc.

G06F21/6245G06F21/602G06F2221/2111

Abstract

Claims (57)

1. A system, comprising:

a plurality of user devices comprising a first user device,

wherein the first user device comprises a first hardware processor, a first cryptographic key, and first personal data associated with a first user and a first data variable;

a node coupled to the plurality of user devices and comprising a second hardware processor; and

a plurality of intermediary nodes coupled to the plurality of user devices and the node, the plurality of intermediary nodes implementing a distributed ledger,

wherein the node is configured to transmit a broadcast request to the plurality of user devices, the broadcast request comprising a first data request associated with the first data variable,

wherein the first user device is configured to transmit, in response to receiving the broadcast request, encrypted data to the plurality of intermediary nodes based on the first personal data and the first cryptographic key, and

wherein the plurality of intermediary nodes are configured to transmit the encrypted data to the node using the distributed ledger.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second user device coupled to the plurality of intermediary nodes and comprising a data management application,

wherein the data management application is configured to:

store second personal data associated with a second data variable and a predefined response associated with the second data variable, and

transmit the second personal data to the plurality of intermediary nodes automatically in response to a second data request associated with the second data variable and based on the predefined response.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second user device coupled to the plurality of intermediary nodes and comprising a data management application,

wherein the data management application is configured to:

store second personal data and a plurality of predefined responses associated with a plurality of data variables,

obtain a second data request for a second data variable,

determine whether the second data request corresponds to the second data variable that matches at least one data variable associated with at least one predefined response among the plurality of predefined responses, and

present, in response to the second data request failing to match the at least one data variable, a notification on a display device requesting authorization to transmit the second personal data.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a publisher-subscriber network comprising the plurality of user devices and the node,

wherein the plurality of user devices are subscriber nodes within the publisher-subscriber network,

wherein the node is a publishing node within the publisher-subscriber network, and

wherein the node is configured to use a publisher-subscriber network protocol to transmit one or more broadcast requests over the publisher-subscriber network.

5. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of intermediary nodes are a plurality of blockchain nodes,

wherein the plurality of blockchain nodes are configured to validate a plurality of data transactions comprising a first data transaction and a second data transaction,

wherein the first data transaction corresponds to the first user device transmitting the encrypted data to the plurality of blockchain nodes, and

wherein the second data transaction corresponds to the plurality of blockchain nodes transmitting the encrypted data to the node.

6. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the distributed ledger comprises a smart contract,

wherein a respective intermediary node among the plurality of intermediary nodes is configured to execute the smart contract in response to receiving the encrypted data, and

wherein the respective intermediary node is further configured to relay the encrypted data to the node based on a location address that is stored in the smart contract.

7. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the distributed ledger is selected from a group consisting of a private blockchain, a public blockchain, a hybrid blockchain, a hashgraph, and a directed acyclic graph.

8. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the first data variable is selected from a group consisting of a gender, a sexual orientation, an ethnic origin, and a political affiliation.

9. A method, comprising:

transmitting, by a node comprising a hardware processor, a broadcast request to a plurality of user devices on a publisher-subscriber network, wherein the broadcast request comprises a data request regarding a data variable;

obtaining, by the node and in response to the broadcast request, personal data from a plurality of intermediary nodes coupled to the publisher-subscriber network,

wherein the node is a publishing node and the plurality of user devices are subscriber nodes,

wherein the plurality of intermediary nodes implement a distributed ledger, and

wherein the plurality of intermediary nodes transmit the personal data to the node in response to the plurality of intermediary nodes validating a data transaction associated with the personal data using the distributed ledger.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

decrypting encrypted data using a public cryptographic key to produce decrypted data,

wherein the decrypted data corresponds to the personal data that is obtained by the node.

11. The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the distributed ledger comprises a smart contract,

wherein a respective intermediary node among the plurality of intermediary nodes is configured to execute the smart contract in response to receiving the personal data, and

wherein the respective intermediary node is further configured to relay the personal data to the node based on a network location address that is stored in the smart contract.

12. The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the distributed ledger is selected from a group consisting of a private blockchain, a public blockchain, a hybrid blockchain, a hashgraph, and a directed acyclic graph.

13. The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the data transaction is validated by determining whether a requesting application on the node is authorized to receive the personal data from the plurality of intermediary nodes.

14. The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the node is a user device.

Continuity (2)

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